Automobile clock-holder



F. KEES AND S. VI. COLBURN.

AUTOMOBILE CLOCK HOLDER.

.'-APPucATloN FILED Nov. 9. |917.

L 80?,O53 Patented June 17, 1919.

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FREDERICK KEES AND SERENUS M. COLBURN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

AUTOMOBILE CLOCK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patentd June 1W, R919.

Application led November 9,1917. Serial No. 201,132.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK Knus and SERENUS M. COLBURN, citizens of the United States, residents of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Clock-Holders, of which the .following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a means for mounting a time piece on the` dash-board of a vehicle in position where the dial will be plainly visible to the driver and where it will present a neat, ornamental appearance on the car. y

A further object is to provide a holder or mounting of simple, economical construction portion of a dash-board with our improvedtimeiece mounted thereon,

Fi 2 is a detail view of the case or cover of the time piece,

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the inner support or ring whereon the time piece is seated.

In the drawing, '2 represents a suitable support such as a dashboard of a vehicle. 3 is a timepiece of suitable size, preferably in watch form, lhaving a winding stem `4 and crown 5. 6 is a band or ring of comparatively thin metal, divided or split VLtransversely at 7 the abutting ends being separated by the tension of the spring material of which the band is preferably made. Arecess 8 is formed in one edge of the band and a seriesof lugs or tongues 9 are pressed inwardly from the band at intervals to form horizontal supports within the circumference of the band.4v On these supports the time piece is placed with its stem resting in the recess 8. 10 represents a shell or casing in the form of a band or ring, having an inwardly and downwardly turned flanged edge 11 which is adapted to contact with the case of the` time piece and hold it securely on the supporting lugs 9. rlhe band or ring 6 through its tendency to expand fits snugly particularly pointed within this shell or casing though free to slide therein. The other edge of the shell has an outwardly turned flange 12 terminating` in a downwardly turned li 13 which rests upon the dash 2 and this ange is secured to the dash by suitable means, such as screws 14. When these screw-s are tightened the band 6, resting on the support, will be pressed outwardly, the flange 12 will be put under tension and the shell drawn inwardly toward the dash to press the flange 11 against the case of the time iece and hold it securely on the lugs 9 whicli) are adapted to yield slightly and coperate with the i'lange l1 for gripping the case of the time-piece between them, and holding it firmly against shaking or rattling. The shell has an opening 15 in its side wall of suiiicient size to allow the insertion of the head 5 therethrough and the upper portion of this opening has an offset or extension 16" therein, the edge of which is adapted to bear on the stem 4 when the parts are assembled and press it firmly down into the recess 8 in the supporting band.V We are thereby able to hold the time piece in place while permitting its dial to -be easily read from the drivers seat and whenever desired, the winding stem-may be manipulated through the head 5 without removing the time piece from its supports. This holder may be made in various sizes and in various ways the details of construction may be modified and still be within the scope of our invention.

We claim as our invention:

1. A time piece holder comprising a band adapted to rest upon a suitable support and havlng lugs pressed inwardly therefrom to form supports for a time piece placed thereon, the wall of said band having an opening to receive a winding stem and a shell encircling said band and also having an opening for said stem and provided with an .inwardly turned portion for |bearing on said time piece, and said shell having means for mount-1n it on said support, said mounting means wen tightened grippingthe time piece between said lugs and said inwardly turned portion.

2. A timepiece holder comprising a band adapted to be seated against a support and having inwardly proJecting lugs formed thereon and a recess in its outer edge, a time ing through said anged edge for drawing it and saidshell toward said support, said shell having an inwardly turned edge between which and Said lugs the time piece is clamped with a'yielding pressure.

3. A time piece holder comprising a band of spring material divided transversely to form an expansible ring, the walls of said band having time piece supports thereon, a shell into which said band is tted and held by the spring tension of its walls, said shell having an inwardly turned outer portion between whioh and said supports the time piece is placed, and means for securing said shell to a support and pressin said band against said `support toforce said band outwardly into said shell.

4. A time pieceholder comprising a band having lugs pressed inwardly'l therefrom to form supports for thetime piece, the Wall of said band having an opening therein to receive the winding stern of the time piece and momes a shell encircling said band and also having an openin for said stem and provided with an inwar y turned outer edge for bearing on the time piece and pressing it against said lugs, ysaid shell having an outwardly turned inner portion terminating in a downwardly turned edge for bearing on a suitable support and holding the walls of said shell out of contact therewith, said outwardly FREDERICK Kan-s.

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Witnesses ANTON JENSEN, E. V. LUND. 

